BlockOak Grove, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Rankin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72070. The Survey maps it on the Martindale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1890 USGS Benton quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Benton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Martindale quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
118 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Oak Grove between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,411 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 23 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2012 | Natural | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Oak Grove: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaught Prospect | Manganese | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oak Grove in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2016: 2 hail, 2 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2016 | Flood | Oak Grove | - | Flooding was noted at Houston on the Fouche LaFave River. |
| March 2015 | Flood | Oak Grove | - | Heavy rainfall caused the Fourche LaFave River at Houston to rise above flood stage during the late evening hours on the 13th, falling back below flood stage during the early morning hours on the 17th. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Oak Grove | - | The emergency dispatch center received approximately 15 reports of golf ball size hail throughout Perry County. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Oak Grove | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rankin (historical) | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Antioch | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Bellevue (historical) | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Orchard (historical) | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Moab (historical) | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Sweet Home | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Graytown | 4.6 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 65240. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.